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ichthyophagous

EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary

ou are free tonight, is there any chance you could join me for dinner?

//Which cards you're given is simply a matter of chance.

Verb

//He couldn't chance playing with a broken toe.
//I don't think we should chance driving in this snowstorm.

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a

History and Etymology

Noun

Middle English chaunce, chance “occurrence (especially unforeseen or providential), stroke of good or bad luck, luck, fall of the dice,” borrowed from Anglo-French cheaunce, chaunce, chance, going back to Vulgar Latin *cadentia, noun derivative (formally feminine singular from neuter plural) of Latin cadent-, cadens, present participle of cadere “to fall, be cast (of dice, lots), turn out, come to pass,”

ichthyophagous — MW · Shobdo